Édouard-Christophe Pynaert

Édouard-Christophe Pynaert (1835 to 1900) was a Belgian botanist and horticulturalist born in Ghent, a specialist in pomology. He studied at a local gardening school and from 1861 was a professor at the school of horticulture in Gentbrugge. He co-edited several periodicals, including Flore des Serres et des Jardins, Revue de l'Horticulture Belge and the Bulletin d'Arboriculture. His books include the Traité de la culture forcée et artificielle des arbres fruitiers, first published at Ghent in 1861 and reaching a fourth edition in 1888, Arboriculture fruitière en Danemark of 1866 and 1867, and a translation of Archibald F. Barron's Vines and Vine Culture published in 1900. Grass species are said to be named after him, although many African plant species named pynaertii honour his son Léon Pynaert.